Vatsan grnann anuga-gita-pavitra-kirtir

gopi-drg-utsava-drsih pravivesa gostham

SYNONYMS

barha -- with peacock feathers; prasuna -- flowers; vana-dhatu -- and forest minerals; vicitrita -- decorated; angah -- His transcendental body; proddama -- great; venu-dala -- a flute made from the branch of a bamboo tree; srnga -- of the buffalo horn; rava -- by the resounding; utsava -- with a festival; adhyah -- resplendent; vatsan -- the calves; grnan -- calling; anuga -- by His companions; gita -- sung; pavitra -- purifying; kirtih -- His glories; gopi -- of the cowherd women; drk -- for the eyes; utsava -- a festival; drsih -- the vision of Him; pravivesa -- He entered; gostham -- the cow pasture.

TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna's transcendental body was decorated with peacock feathers and flowers and painted with forest minerals, and His bamboo flute loudly and festively resounded. As He called out to His calves by name, His cowherd boyfriends purified the whole world by chanting His glories. Thus Lord Krsna entered the cow pasture of His father, Nanda Maharaja, and the sight of His beauty at once produced a great festival for the eyes of all the cowherd women.

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adyanena maha-vyalo

yasoda-nanda-sununa

hato 'vita vayam casmad

Iti bala vraje jaguh

SYNONYMS

adya -- today; anena -- by Him; maha-vyalah -- a great serpent; yasoda -- of Yasoda; nanda -- and Maharaja Nanda; sununa -- by the son; hatah -- has been killed; avitah -- have been saved; vayam -- we; ca -- and; asmat -- from that demon; iti -- thus; balah -- the boys; vraje -- in Vrndavana; jaguh -- sang.

TRANSLATION

As the cowherd boys reached the village of Vraja, they sang, "Today Krsna saved us by killing a great serpent!" Some of the boys described Krsna as the son of Yasoda, and others as the son of Nanda Maharaja.

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sri-rajovaca

brahman parodbhave krsne

Iyan prema katham bhavet

yo 'bhuta-purvas tokesu

svodbhavesv api kathyatam

SYNONYMS

sri-raja uvaca -- the King said; brahman -- O brahmana, Sukadeva; para-udbhave -- for the offspring of another; krsne -- Lord Krsna; iyan -- so much; prema -- love; katham -- how; bhavet -- can be; yah -- which; abhuta-purvah -- unprecedented; tokesu -- for the children; sva-udbhavesu -- their own offspring; api -- even; kathyatam -- please explain.

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit said: O brahmana, how could the cowherd women have developed for Krsna, someone else's son, such unprecedented pure love -- love they never felt even for their own children? Please explain this.

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sri-suka uvaca

sarvesam api bhutanam

nrpa svatmaiva vallabhah

Itare 'patya-vittadyas

tad-vallabhatayaiva hi

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; sarvesam -- for all; api -- indeed; bhutanam -- created living beings; nrpa -- O King; sva-atma -- one's own self; eva -- certainly; vallabhah -- dearmost; itare -- others; apatya -- children; vitta -- wealth; adyah -- and so on; tat -- of that self; vallabhataya -- based on the dearness; eva hi -- indeed.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, for every created being the dearmost thing is certainly his own self. The dearness of everything else -- children, wealth and so on -- is due only to the dearness of the self.

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tad rajendra yatha snehah

sva-svakatmani dehinam

na tatha mamatalambi-

putra-vitta-grhadisu

SYNONYMS

tat -- therefore; raja-indra -- O best of kings; yatha -- as; snehah -- the affection; sva-svaka -- of each individual; atmani -- for the self; dehinam -- of the embodied beings; na -- not; tatha -- thus; mamata-alambi -- for that which one identifies with as his possessions; putra -- sons; vitta -- wealth; grha -- homes; adisu -- and so on.

TRANSLATION

For this reason, O best of kings, the embodied soul is self-centered: he is more attached to his own body and self than to his so-called possessions like children, wealth and home.

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dehatma-vadinam pumsam

api rajanya-sattama

yatha dehah priyatamas

tatha na hy anu ye ca tam

SYNONYMS

deha-atma-vadinam -- who ascribe to the view that the body is the self; pumsam -- for persons; api -- indeed; rajanya-sat-tama -- O best of kings; yatha -- as; dehah -- the body; priya-tamah -- most dear; tatha -- thus; na -- not; hi -- certainly; anu -- relative; ye -- which things; ca -- and; tam -- to that.

TRANSLATION

Indeed, for persons who think the body is the self, O best of kings, those things whose importance lies only in their relationship to the body are never as dear as the body itself.

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deho 'pi mamata-bhak cet

tarhy asau natma-vat priyah

yaj jiryaty api dehe 'smin

jivitasa baliyasi

SYNONYMS

dehah -- the body; api -- also; mamata -- of possessiveness; bhak -- the focus; cet -- if; tarhi -- then; asau -- that body; na -- not; atma-vat -- in the same way as the soul; priyah -- dear; yat -- because; jiryati -- when it is growing old; api -- even; dehe -- the body; asmin -- this; jivita-asa -- the desire to remain living; baliyasi -- very strong.

TRANSLATION

If a person comes to the stage of considering the body "mine" instead of "me," he will certainly not consider the body as dear as his own self. After all, even as the body is growing old and useless, one's desire to continue living remains strong.

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tasmat priyatamah svatma

sarvesam api dehinam

tad-artham eva sakalam

jagad etac caracaram

SYNONYMS

tasmat -- therefore; priya-tamah -- most dear; sva-atma -- one's own self; sarvesam -- for all; api -- indeed; dehinam -- embodied living beings; tat-artham -- for the sake of it; eva -- certainly; sakalam -- all; jagat -- the created universe; etat -- this; cara-acaram -- with its moving and nonmoving entities.

TRANSLATION

Therefore it is his own self that is most dear to every embodied living being, and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self that the whole material creation of moving and nonmoving entities exists.

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krsnam enam avehi tvam

atmanam akhilatmanam

jagad-dhitaya so 'py atra

dehivabhati mayaya

SYNONYMS

krsnam -- Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; enam -- this; avehi -- just try to understand; tvam -- you; atmanam -- the Soul; akhila-atmanam -- of all living entities; jagat-hitaya -- for the benefit of the whole universe; sah -- He; api -- certainly; atra -- here; dehi -- a human being; iva -- like; abhati -- appears; mayaya -- by His internal potency.

TRANSLATION

You should know Krsna to be the original Soul of all living entities. For the benefit of the whole universe, He has, out of His causeless mercy, appeared as an ordinary human being. He has done this by the strength of His internal potency.

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vastuto janatam atra

krsnam sthasnu carisnu ca

bhagavad-rupam akhilam

nanyad vastv iha kincana

SYNONYMS

vastutah -- in fact; janatam -- for those who understand; atra -- in this world; krsnam -- Lord Krsna; sthasnu -- stationary; carisnu -- moving; ca -- and; bhagavat-rupam -- the manifest forms of the Personality of Godhead; akhilam -- everything; na -- nothing; anyat -- else; vastu -- substance; iha -- here; kincana -- at all.

TRANSLATION

Those in this world who understand Lord Krsna as He is see all things, whether stationary or moving, as manifest forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such enlightened persons recognize no reality apart from the Supreme Lord Krsna.

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sarvesam api vastunam

bhavartho bhavati sthitah

tasyapi bhagavan krsnah

kim atad vastu rupyatam

SYNONYMS

sarvesam -- of all; api -- indeed; vastunam -- entities; bhava-arthah -- the original, unmanifested causal phase of material nature; bhavati -- is; sthitah -- established; tasya -- of that unmanifest nature; api -- even; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krsnah -- Lord Krsna; kim -- what; atat -- separate from Him; vastu -- thing; rupyatam -- may be ascertained.

TRANSLATION

The original, unmanifested form of material nature is the source of all material things, and the source of even that subtle material nature is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. What, then, could one ascertain to be separate from Him?

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samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam

mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh

bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam

padam padam yad vipadam na tesam

SYNONYMS

samasritah -- having taken shelter; ye -- those who; pada -- of the feet; pallava -- like flower buds; plavam -- which are a boat; mahat -- of the total material creation, or of the great souls; padam -- the shelter; punya -- supremely pious; yasah -- whose fame; mura-areh -- of the enemy of the demon Mura; bhava -- of the material existence; ambudhih -- the ocean; vatsa-padam -- the hoof-print of a calf; param padam -- the supreme abode, Vaikuntha; padam padam -- at every step; yat -- where; vipadam -- of material miseries; na -- none; tesam -- for them.

TRANSLATION

For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.

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etat te sarvam akhyatam

yat prsto 'ham iha tvaya

tat kaumare hari-krtam

paugande parikirtitam

SYNONYMS

etat -- this; te -- unto you; sarvam -- all; akhyatam -- described; yat -- which; prstah -- requested; aham -- I; iha -- in this regard; tvaya -- by you; tat -- that; kaumare -- in His early childhood (up to the end of His fifth year); hari-krtam -- performed by Lord Hari; paugande -- in later childhood (beginning with His sixth year); parikirtitam -- glorified.

TRANSLATION

Since you inquired from me, I have fully described to you those activities of Lord Hari that were performed in His fifth year but not celebrated until His sixth.

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etat suhrdbhis caritam murarer

aghardanam sadvala-jemanam ca